A Wild Sheep Chase: A NovelA New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. |
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... head in silence , and he lowered his head in return , without a word . I met her in autumn nine years ago , when I was twenty and she was seventeen . There was a small coffee shop near the university where I hung out with friends . It ...
... head in silence , and he lowered his head in return , without a word . I met her in autumn nine years ago , when I was twenty and she was seventeen . There was a small coffee shop near the university where I hung out with friends . It ...
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... head blank from the whiskey , my mouth reeking from cigarettes . Drunk as I get , I can walk those sixteen steps straight as a ruled line . The fruit of many years of pointless self - discipline . Whenever drunk , I'd throw back my ...
... head blank from the whiskey , my mouth reeking from cigarettes . Drunk as I get , I can walk those sixteen steps straight as a ruled line . The fruit of many years of pointless self - discipline . Whenever drunk , I'd throw back my ...
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... all they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I asked , kettle in hand . An ever so slight nod of her head . " You've been waiting all this time ? " No A Wild Sheep Chase 17.
... all they could and slowly swelled , filling the room with aroma . " Been here since last night ? " I asked , kettle in hand . An ever so slight nod of her head . " You've been waiting all this time ? " No A Wild Sheep Chase 17.
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... head slowly , evenly , and gazed absently at the potted plant . A few fine strands of hair lay plastered against her dampened cheeks , an aura of wetness about her . " Don't mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a ...
... head slowly , evenly , and gazed absently at the potted plant . A few fine strands of hair lay plastered against her dampened cheeks , an aura of wetness about her . " Don't mind me , " she said . " I didn't mean to cry . " I held out a ...
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... head . I got a can of cola out of the refrigerator and downed it in one go . " She was the kind of girl who'd sleep with anyone . " What an obituary : the deceased was the kind of girl who would sleep with anyone . " Why are you telling ...
... head . I got a can of cola out of the refrigerator and downed it in one go . " She was the kind of girl who'd sleep with anyone . " What an obituary : the deceased was the kind of girl who would sleep with anyone . " Why are you telling ...
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